Platform for Change (Paperback, New Ed)

The Stafford Beer Classic Library "Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the worlds most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know." Dr Russell L Ackoff, The Institute for Interactive Management, Pennsylvania, USA. "If...anyone can make it [Operations Research] understandably readable and positively interesting it is Stafford Beer...everyone in management...should be grateful to him for using clear and at times elegant English and...even elegant diagrams." The Economist This is a highly original book both in content and format. It presents thirteen 'arguments for change', these are linked by a personal commentary, and by a deeper, 'metalinguistic', commentary. Platform for Change is completely self-contained, does not deal at all with the nature of viable systems, but is directed towards the hope that our planet may yet remain viable -- and the human race survive.

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1994
First published:	April 1995
Authors:	S. Beer
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	468
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-471-94840-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Information theory > Cybernetics & systems theory Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General
LSN:	0-471-94840-3
Barcode:	9780471948407

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